He was one of the 148 deputies of the
Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), who signed an appeal to the Polish
Sejm to hold Volyn tragedy of genocide against the Poles. This statement was the first President of Ukraine
Leonid Kravchuk called one that can be equated to a national treason. From 1990 to 1998, Anton Kisse was a deputy of the
Odesa Oblast Council. From 1998 to 2004, he served as a deputy of the
Odesa City Council. Kisse unsuccessfully contested the
2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election for electoral district 141, losing to . However, in he won the 2004 by-election in electoral district 135, becoming a
People's Deputy of Ukraine. From October 2007 to November 2012, he was again a deputy of the Odesa Oblast Council. He worked in the Commission for Culture, tourism, spirituality and international relations, joined the faction of deputies from the
Party of Regions. In 2012 he opened the monument of Russian general and governor of
Bessarabia,
Ivan Inzov, in one of villages in
Artsyz Raion. Kisse was an independent candidate in election district 142 (located in
Odesa Oblast) during the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he finished first place with 39.06% of the votes (and thus returned to the national parliament);
Ihor Plokhoi of
Party of Regions placed second with 26.36% of the votes. During the
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the
2014 Odesa clashes, Kisse was briefly associated with separatist groups in Odesa Oblast. However, he has since denied any connection to the separatist movements in Odesa Oblast, and rejected the movement. Kisse was an independent candidate in electoral district 142 during the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he finished first place with 52.96% of the votes (and thus regained his parliamentary seat);
Serhii Parashchenko of
Petro Poroshenko Bloc placed second with 35.85% of the votes. Kisse was again an independent candidate in election district 142 during the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he finished first place with 28.58% of the votes (and thus regained his parliamentary seat);
Ruslan Plokhoi of
Servant of the People placed second with 23.37% of the votes. In parliament he joined the
For the Future faction. ==Personal life==